St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-27
TA HOUSE.
1t Puts im the Day and Evening in
Debate OLA Appropriation Bills.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-AIr Wills
(Ky.) moved that the rules be suspended
and the senate amendment to the river and
harbor appropriation bill be nonconcurred
III. After debate the motion was agreed to
-162 to 35. Mr.. Bragg CWis.) presented
the conference report on the bill for the To-
cation and erection of branch soldiers
home west of the Rocky Mountains. Agreed
to. The speaker appointed Messrs. Willis.
blanchard and Henderson, of Illinois, con-
ferees on the river and harbor appropria-
ton bill. The house then went into COM
mittee of the whole, Mr.. McCreary(Ky.) in
the chair, on the naval appropria7-
Jion bill. Mr.. Sayers, of Texas,
offered an amendment appropriating
81, 40, 900 for the construction of two
swift, double -bottomed, steel cruisers, each
of about 1000 tons displacement. OF the
type of tine Newark, except boilers and
machinery; four Of about 1,700 tons dis
placement, of the type of Gunboat No. l,
and one swift torpedoboat said vessels
TO COST ALTOGEEHER,
exclusive of Armament, not more than. 81
1850, 900. Mr.. Boutelle. Of Maine, offered
|5aS, substitute for the amendment an
amendment appropriating $1,500,000 fGr
the construction of ten steel cruisers and
Mr.. Boutelle's substitute was rejected; SO
to 107. almost strict party vote. Mr.
Thomas, Of Illinois, moved to amend the
amendment by providing that the vessels
shall be built under contract and as
nearly as may be in compliance with
the provisions Of the act of Aug. 3, 1856.
Agreed to. AS thus amended the amend
ment offered by Mr. Sayers, of Texas, was
adopted, 134 to 3d. On point Of order,
raised by Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, the
last paragraph of the bill authorizing the
transfer of material from one bureau of the
navy department to another, was ruled
from the bill. The committee then rose
and reported the bill to the house. The
house reaffirmed (yeas Isl, nays ~ the
action of the committee in adopting the
amendment offered by Mr.. Sayers, and the
bill was then passed. The house then took
a recess until O'Clock. The house went
Pinto committee Of the whole on the legisa-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bill. Mr.. Brady, (Va.) demanded that
THE BILL BE READ IN FULL.
There was much opposition to this, but
Mr.. Brady remained firm, and the reading
of the bill was proceeded with. MI:
Brady;S demand was the result of an agree
ment among some of the friends of the
Blair educational bill to antagoniZe the ap-
preparation bills and endeavor to force by
this means a recognition of motion to
pass that measure undera a suspension of the
rules. The reading was continued and
completed at 10 o'clock, and then the COM
mittee rose. In the house Mr.. Holman
moved to suspend the rules and pass the
bills. Messrs. Reed, Maine; Cannon, Illi-
nos, and Blanchard, Louisiana. demanded
a second. The Republicans refrained from
voting aud left the house without a quo
rum. Mr.. Holman moved that the house
take a recess until 10 o'clock Monday. Mr..
Reed said that if the gentleman desired
to consider the bill by paragraphs
the Republicans would stay here all night
to do so. But if he proposed to pass it
under suspension Of the rules of the house
the Republicans would like to know it.
Mr.. Holman withdrew his motion to sus-
pend the rules, and the house again went
into committee on the legislative appropri-
alton bill. There was SOME further discus
sion. and at midnight the house adjourned
without further action.